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MUST READ: New Jersey Cannabis Agency Starts Enforcing Statewide Hemp Ban While Licensing Rules Are Established

New Jersey's Cannabis Regulatory Commission began enforcing a new state ban on hemp product sales.

  • New Guidelines to Combat Opioid Use in Mining and Other Industries

When the nature of work is physically demanding, opioids are prescribed more often to deal with pain and injury for miners and construction workers.

  • New Side Effects Surface as Marijuana Use Increases

Ever since the use of recreational marijuana was legalized in New York and many other parts of the country, greater numbers of people have turned to regular use of the weed. For some, it gives them a high. For others, it has had a negative side effect.

  • Today’s Potent Marijuana Is Spawning Public Health Dangers

The development of indoor hydroponics – plant cultivation in a nutrient-laden solution – and other agronomy advances have enabled growers to increase the concentration of the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis plants, tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC.

  • Navigating Cannabis Rescheduling: Key Insights for Healthcare

In this episode of the podcast, We get work™, hosts discuss the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to reschedule cannabis and the questions and difficulties that employers face when enforcing their drug policies.

  • Calling Time on the Normalization of Heavy Drinking

Do you ever think “I need a drink” after a hard day at work? The ‘work hard, play hard’ attitude may be associated with Hollywood tropes, but the more subtle normalisation of excessive drinking is everywhere.

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